Buckle



May 26, 1925. 1,538,941 j .J. M. JACKSON BUCKLE med July 1'0. 1924 INVENTOR WIT ESSES r J. M Jackson,

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ATTORNEYS i, land it consists in stiiuctions and l scribed .and claimed.

Patented May 26, 1925.

UNITED AJAMES MADISON, JACKSON. v

\ ,i Appiicaaonraied,rely10,4924.

To all toll om tj/lm z/.oo/ncern: VBe itrlmown that I JAMES M.JAoKsoN 7 a citizen.` of. the United States, .and resident BUQKLE.

of Parkersburg, i'n the `county of lood and titate. `of lVest. .Virgini a, tain 1 new i.

Y and useful Buckles, .of` finition.

have inventedrer- :Improvements m which the .following `is a speci- My in vention `.is an improvement in buckles or. fasteners for theends of. metallic straps,

the

combinations, conarrangements V.herein `de- \A.n object ofsthef` invention .is to` provide afastenerof the character. vdescribed which `is simple an. construction,` reliable infuse 'A'. still.: furtheri object.

to; .provide a 1 ,fastenerl 4of and thoroughly practical commercially.

,of the invention .is the character.` sdescribed. which affords: facilities.- for. connectmg the ends of a metalhcstrap.. sowthata substantially. smoothrmnerisurface will be provided at the uncture the end portions of the stra of the fastener and @ther objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l isa fastener in use,

Figure 2 is a along the line 2-2 of F Figure fastener strap and the other end perspective view showing theI relatively enlarged section igure 1, and

3 is a perspective view showing the attached to one end of a metallic portion of the strap moved slightly from position to fully engage with the fastener.

Figure 4L is a plan view showing the fastener attached to one end of the strap, the

latter being secured to te be bound thereby,

Figure 5 is a tener alone.`

.A fastener embodying prises a substantially flat preferably is rcotangula formed of a thin an article which is perspective view of the fasthe invention oombody l which r in. outline and is sheet of material, prefer- The sheet of metal of which the body is formed is provided with an attaching'. strip 2 which is merged at its ends into the body 1, as at 3,

and has the portion thereof which extends between the end portions 3 offset in respect to the body 1. be formed by providing sheet of material and th The attaching strips 2 may parallel slits in the en bending the ma- .zteri'al .betwe Serial No, 725,199.

@masseuse-WEST VIRGINIA- enthe slits laterallyof the face ,of thesheet of .material toprovide theioifset..attaehingfstrip 2. f

The body l also is fattachin ing afslotin the:

glfstri p 4. which is `provided with a second.

provided by placsheet of material of ywhich -tlie,.bodyfisifoizmed,.adjacentfte the edge of thexsheet` .ofmaterial `firsty named edge- :of the s which is Y'oppositethe heet,

the` slot- 5 be- .ingxdisposedin parallel rela-tiontotheslits -.i.which define the, portion .terial which lis subseque laterally toA :provide th f'llhe, portion` ,of theshee iingibetween the slot 5 of..A .the sheet of- .materi of the. sheet of mant'ly bent lor,y forced e ;attaching` strip.` 2. t,.ofmaterialextendandthe adjacent edge alisLbent laterally of the same sideof the fsheet `ofi material as .the attachingfstrip 2 attaching strip '2. w

. from th merged into lthe body.`

-.\ rllhe ,offset..att substantially of these than the width which the fastener The metallic strap curing a strip of fe a leaf spring e `body.,lcetveen its hich` thus aching strips` equal in length and the length toprovide the marginal will. beI offset ends wlnclriare 2 ,andwll are attaching strips is slightly greater 6 may be 8 as illustrated of the metallic strap 6 with is adapted to be used.

a` tie for selt 7 about the leaves of in Fig. l the strap being secured by suitable fastening devices 9 to the strip `of felt at intervals alone its length as shown in F iO'ure 4f.'

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Mani fes ure l but the stra use for of various descri tly, the use of the strap .6 is not limited to that which. is exemplified in Figp 6 may be suitable for binding or tying together articles ptions, as "for example a plurality of lengths of lumber or other elongated articles.

The 'strap 6 is suftici the contour of ticles about which it is of the strap is projected l ing strip 2 and the body rearwardly ov the upper face dicated tached at one end to 6 is fashioned at its hook as From various thereof metal st attachin is made of a metal which ently flexible and pliable to assume any article or of the secured. ietween the attachl and then is bent er the attaching' strip 2 onto body of the strap as ingroup of ar- One end at l0, whereby the strap will be atindioated at l1.

the fastener.

other end to provide a The strap the foregoing description of the parts of the device, the operation may be readily understood. rap 6 is secured at one end to g strip 2 and is bent The the about the ara shaped portion ticle which is to be bound thereby and the body of the fastener is held firmly in a desirable position in respect to the article which is to be bound while the hook-shaped end portion of the strap is pulled to position to overlap the body of the fastener to a distance sutlicient to permit the end of the bill of the hook portion 11 to enter the slot 5, whereupon the bill of the hookof the lstrap will move through the slot 5 across the under face of the attaching strip 4 and williextend sligl'itly beyond the outer edge of the attaching strip 4.v Since the attaching strips 2 and 4 are offset in respect to the body 1, it will be manifest that the connected together fastener and strap ends will present a substantially smooth surface and therefore the article or articles which are bound by the strap and fastener will not be marred or injured by any sharp corners or projections. After the ystrap ends have been connected by the fastener in the manner described, the outer or upper surfaces of the connected together portions of the strap ends and the fastener may be made substantially smooth by exerting pressure on the portions of the strap ends which are engaged with the attaching strips 2 and 4, tending to force the latter toward the plane of the body 1. Such pressure on the eX- posed end portions of the strap also tend to cause the portions of the strap which extend between the attaching strips 2 and 4 and the plane of the body between the attaching strips and the body l and thus will further secure the strap ends against accidental displacement from engagement wiith 'the attaching strips 2 and 4.

Obviously, my invention is susceptible of embodiment informs other than that illustrated in the accompanying drawings and I therefore consider' as my own all such modifications and adaptations of the form of the device herein described as fairly fall within the scope of the appended claim.

I claim A fastener of the character described comprising a substantially flat body having r a pair of substantially parallel marginal edges, said body having an elongated portion thereof struck laterally therefrom adjacent to one of said marginal edges to provvide an elongated attaching strip and having a slot formed therein adjacent to thev other of said marginal edges, the portion of the body extending between said slot and the adjacent marginal edge being offset from the same side of the body as said first named attaching strip.

. JAMES. MADISON JACKSON.

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